Rate-determining elementary step of oxygen reduction reaction at (La,Sr)CoO3-based cathode surface》.pdf

SOSI-13751; No of Pages 7 Solid State Ionics xxx (2015) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Solid State Ionics j o ur nal homepage: www.el sevier. com/l ocate/ ssi Rate-determining elementary step of oxygen reduction reaction at (La,Sr)CoO -based cathode surface 3 Shogo Miyoshi ⁎, Ayano Takeshita, Satoshi Okada, Shu Yamaguchi Dep. of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, Japan a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In order to give insight into the guiding principle of further improvement in surface reactivity of mixed- Received 20 April 2015 conducting cathode materials of solid oxide fuel cells, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy study was carried Received in revised form 24 August 2015 out on various LaCoO - and (La,Sr)CoO -based dense thin film electrodes with emphasis on the effect of oxygen 3 3 Accepted 25 August 2015 partial pressure, Po . The area specific conductivity corresponding to the surface reactivity, which is evaluated 2 Available online xxxx from the major impedance component appearing at low frequency range, shows a Po2-exponent of 1/2 irrespec- Keywords: tive of electrode material. After examining a series of possi